Strenuous Quotes

88 quotes by 78 authors

How oft, in nations gone corrupt, And by their own devices brought down to servitude, That man chooses bondage before liberty. Bondage with ease before… — John Milton
You should work extra hard to be your best selves. True evil has a hard time operating in the face of strenuous manifestations of good.… — Jean Ferris
Some are born with knowledge, some derive it from study, and some acquire it only after a painful realization of their ignorance. But the knowledge… — Confucius
We did make use, from time to time, of candles, neckties, scarves, shoelaces, a little water-color paintbrush, her hairbrush, butter, whipped cream, strawberry jam, Johnsonâ€™s… — Spider Robinson
Socially inferior animals are the ones that make the most strenuous, resourceful efforts to get to know their keepers. They prove to be the ones… — Yann Martel
I did not want to live out my life in the strenuous effort to hold a ghost world together. It was plain as the stars… — Jim Harrison
They dispute not in order to find or even to seek Truth, but for victory, and to appear the more learned and strenuous upholders of… — Giordano Bruno
She keeps on hoping from a word from Penelope, but not in any strenuous way. She hopes as people who know better hope for undeserved… — Alice Munro
The strenuous life tastes better — William James
For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the… — Theodore Roosevelt
You see. . . it's really quite strenuous doing nothing all day, so once a week we take a holiday and go nowhere, which was… — Norton Juster
No animal, according to the rules of animal-etiquette, is ever expected to do anything strenuous, or heroic, or even moderately active during the off-season of… — Kenneth Grahame
They put up with such strenuous training, and where did their thoughts, their hopes and dreams, disappear to? When people pass away, do their thoughts… — Haruki Murakami
In New York I'd go to the movies three or four times a week. Here I've upped it to six or seven, mainly because I'm… — David Sedaris
In speaking to you men of the greatest city of the West, men of the state which gave to the country Lincoln and Grant, men… — Theodore Roosevelt
We have thought of peace as the passive and war as the active way of living. The opposite is true. War is not the most… — Mary Parker Follett
Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline. — Edwin Percy Whipple
Ballet dancing is arduous, strenuous activity. Students are engaged in physical training that rivals the training Olympic athletes undergo. At the same time, they strive… — George Balanchine
Traveling around the world is really strenuous for me, being in a different bed every night, flying and everything. — Britney Spears
Let me tell you something - compared to a TV-drama production schedule, touring is not strenuous. — LL Cool J

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